CULTURE OF STANDARD PLANTS 



Graperies have now become so common, that few persons who can afford it, will do with- 

 out them, when for a moderate outlay, they can have from ten to fifteen pounds a day of 

 the different varieties of this delicious fruit, for many months in the year; and any infor- 

 mation as to the character of the buildings, and growth and treatment of the vines, must 

 prove valuable to 3'our subscribers. 



There is another point in this connection, to which I beg to ask your attention. Is it 

 advisable to go to the expense of a liue in a cold house, not for the purpose of forcing, but 

 to be used occasionally to get rid of damp and prevent mildew, and also to preserve the 

 crop through the early winter months. In the southern states I should judge there is even 

 greater danger of mildew, almost the only difficulty to guard against in the growth of the 

 vine under glass, and which, in our climate, renders the out-door culture impracticable. 

 At the south they have still more dampness, as is shown by the moss and other parasites 

 with which their live oaks and other magnificent trees are covered; and it appears to me, 

 that a flue for the purposes I have mentioned, will even be more necessary there than 

 here. Yours, T. W. L. Jk. 



Yonkers, April. 1S3'2. 



Remarks. — Our correspondent's conjecture about a greater distanceof the vine from the 

 glass, being needful in more southern parts of the countr}^ is quite correct. Yet as the 

 grape leaf needs a great deal of strong, pure light, care must be taken not to go too far, 

 (for the farther from the glass, the more the light is decomposed,) and twelve inches is 

 far enough, in all cases. A more important point still, is to have the roof glass uniformly 

 clear, and free from v,a\y lines — which invariably burn the foliage, and thereby injure the 

 vines. 



A common brick flue would be a most useful appendage to even a cold vinery, in all 

 parts of the southern countrjf where there is much dampness in summer. A fire would 

 only be needed occasionally, and the fact that a brick flue is a rapid absorber of moisture, 

 and that wood is the fuel most readily obtained all over the south, point out this as the 

 cheapest and best mode of heating them. By having one end of the vinery — say the north 

 end, terminated by an enclosed shed — the furnace might be placed in this, and the flue 

 carried from it through the house and back, above the surface of the border, without any 

 loss of space. 



"We may add, that the farther south, the more imperative the necessity of placing the 

 span-roofed vinery, (the most economical and best form for a cold vinery,) on the north 

 and south, instead of the east and west line. In the former case, the violence of the mid- 

 day sun is avoided, and in the latter it is greatly increased, to the manifest injury of the 

 vines. Ed. 



HINTS ON THE CULTURE OF STANDARD PLANTS. 



FROM THE LONDON IIORT. MAGAZINE. 



How strange a confirmation of the truism, " Too much familiarity breeds contempt," 

 may be f tund in the world of flowers and plants! The most beautiful things in the vege- 

 table kingdom are neglected when they become abundant, and comparatively worthless 

 subjects are courted and esteemed while they are scarce. We may hear a beautiful melody 

 e are nauseated with it, and we may see flowers and plants so common th 

 them with contempt. But men ought to endeavor to correct this morbid appet 



